OH CANADA

t’s the photograph that cinches it. A luxurious glass- I domed train weaving a passage through the most spectacular, snow-tipped mountain landscape. “Experience one of the world’s great railroad journeys!” reads the press release. An opportunity to see the vast, untamed grandeur of Canada, from Vancouver to Banff, sitting on my backside, possibly with champagne, on the

Rocky Mountaineer. I can’t sign up fast enough.

The journey begins with 24 hours in Vancouver, one of the larger cities in the Pacific Northwest region, a stylish seaport surrounded by